Gu Qing Shan first looked at the battle in the sky.
— — the Heavenly Scroll of Reincarnation was still struggling.
It seemed to have endless power, as whenever it was pushed into the Forgetting River, it would immediately find a way to escape.
For a while, the battle was in a stalemate.
Gu Qing Shan pulled his gaze back.
— — -the situation with the giant corpse might have changed.
That's why I need to act quickly!
Layers of white fog drifted from his body as he disappeared from a secluded corner.
A second later.
He reappeared in hell.
Using his Divine Domain, he quickly found Magic Dragon, Buttercup, and Fei Yue.
The battle outside was becoming more and more intense, so no one wanted to get caught up in it, so they all hid inside the Grand Tie Wei Mountain — — which was also hell.
"No … I can't go see them, if there's a traitor among them, [Thousand Life] will immediately notice"
Gu Qing Shan thought briefly, then used the Devil King Warden Rod's power to silently arrive at a hidden corner of hell.
He stopped for a few moments, then suddenly spoke: "Highest echelon, I've taken a big detour and returned to this moment — — - this is the moment when everything is happening"
"And so?" the highest echelon asked.
"Those who helped me influence the Samsara Clash for Supremacy, can I summon them now?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Yes" the highest echelon replied.
"Very well — –"
Gu Qing Shan immediately activated [Divine Guidance] and began to summon the Sleepers of the highest echelon.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
A sleeping woman appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan.
Long crimson hair, a slender figure, a faint black flame lingering around her body.
Anna!
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan put a finger in front of her lips, signaling her to stay silent.
Anna pursed her lips and smiled.
She didn't look at her surroundings at all, just lightly stepped forward and hugged him.
One kiss.
A few dozen breaths later, the two of them separated.
Anna looked around and sent her voice: "Is the world destroyed? Or is this place hell? "
"Hell"
"Is the war over?"
"No, I need your help."
"Of course I'm fine, but I've been asleep for too long, I'm afraid my power —"
"It has nothing to do with strength, Anna."
Gu Qing Shan held her hand and whispered, "You are the one who is most familiar with the power of death, even more suitable than me. I believe you can do it."
He stretched out his other hand and waved it in the air.
The Devil King Warden Rod slowly descended into his hand.
"Let's go to the River of Death!"
The two of them disappeared from where they stood and arrived at the depths of the River of Death.
"Anna, this is the bottom of the Great Tie Wei Mountain, the deepest part of the eighteen layers of hell, the River of Death."
"The Death River within the Life and Death River?"
"That's right" Gu Qing Shan explained, "you're safe here, you can use the Devil King Warden Rod's power as much as you want"
Anna didn't seem to hear him. She just looked at him seriously and couldn't bear to look away for a moment.
Her eyes lit up as she said, "Sorry, I really missed you too much …"
"Miss me? There's no need to apologize — "Gu Qing Shan said.
Before he could finish his words, Anna had already cupped his face and planted her red lips on his.
…
A few moments later.
"You want me to be the Devil King, right?" Anna asked.
"That's right, since the Age of Immemorial, you're the one who understands the River of Death the most besides me. I'll now pass the Devil King Warden Rod to you" Gu Qing Shan said.
He lightly put the Devil King Warden Rod in Anna's hand.
A line of crimson text quickly appeared:
[You've passed the Devil King Warden Rod to Anna]
[Because this rod doesn't have a spirit, your abdication ceremony was successfully completed. Anna automatically became the new Devil King of Huang Quan]
[— — you're still the Pillar Deity of Huang Quan: the God of Death]
[Anna must receive the approval of the dead from the River of Death and the eighteen layers of hell in order to replace you and become the new God of Death]
Gu Qing Shan silently nodded.
"I remember that in order to obtain this skeleton staff, I'll need to participate in a Devil King's War for Supremacy, that was also the case for you before" Anna recalled.
"That was because the Devil King Warden Rod couldn't find a successor, so now you're my appointed Devil King — — this is called abdication, there's no need to go through all that trouble" Gu Qing Shan explained.
Anna nodded, then asked: "What if someone doesn't agree?"
"Do whatever you want" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Very well" Anna replied.
"I've just told you everything that happened recently, do you understand?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"I do" Anna replied.
"That impressive? I'm a bit confused myself "Gu Qing Shan smiled.
Anna casually replied: "What's so difficult about that? After the Awaitings were captured, you went to the Human Tomb to save your Shifu, then came to Huang Quan to steal the Heaven Tome. You fought against that insect and went to the Land of Gods, then found out that you were a card, so you immediately traveled back in time to the beginning of the Samsara Clash for Supremacy, completed the closed loop of time, entered the Asura world to fight, then went to the Dusty world, only to find out that the Dragon God is a bad guy. Since you can't rely on the parallel world technique, you had no choice but to create your own path, and now that you're trapped in the Apocalypse with a girl, you sneaked back to Huang Quan to steal the Heaven Tome of Reincarnation — — – did you save that girl called Shi Zhi because she's pretty?"
Gu Qing Shan resolutely shook his head: "I only met her by chance"
Anna looked at him.
Gu Qing Shan replied: "She's not even half as pretty as you are"
Anna squinted her eyes and lightly scoffed.
She propped up Gu Qing Shan's chin, stood on her tiptoes and kissed him again.
"Leave this to me, you go do what you need to do"
She whispered.
Gu Qing Shan nodded and told her: "We don't have much time right now, I'm going to make sure everything is ready, you can call me at any time"
"Go ahead," Anna said with a smile.
Gu Qing Shan nodded, hugged her, and disappeared into the white fog.
Anna was stunned.
She stood up and stabbed the Devil King Warden Rod into the ground.
Boom!
Black flames erupted from Anna's body, spreading in every direction.
Whether it was the past life or this life, her affinity with the power of Death had never been lower than Gu Qing Shan's!
Layers upon layers of black flames were absorbed into the River of Death.
A few moments later.
A bird made of flames appeared on Anna's shoulder.
Following that, a Black Dog jumped out from the River of Death and stood in front of her.
"Little Anna, it's been a while" Black Dog said.
"Hound Deity, Black Crow, I need power right now" Anna said.
The two servants of the Death God looked at her.
She continued: "I've fallen behind for too long … I really need to quickly pull myself together, I need to become stronger — –"
"Strong enough to be of help to him!"
Hound Deity and Black Crow exchanged glances.
"That's going to be very difficult, little Anna. His current level has already surpassed the normal definition of power, he's already starting to create his own path" Black Crow sighed.
"I'll start working hard from now on, even if there's only a tiny chance to become stronger, I won't give up" Anna said.
She stroked Hound Deity's head and whispered: "If you have any ideas, tell me, I'll treat you to a drink later"
Drink?
Hound Deity cleared his throat and said: "I do know what's happening in Huang Quan, there's indeed a chance to help you leap up and become a big shot"
Anna was overjoyed: "Quickly tell me what's going on"
Hound Deity appeared troubled and spoke seriously: "This is too dangerous, I'm still thinking about whether or not I should tell you in detail"
Anna raised five fingers and loudly declared: "After it's done, I'll treat you to a drink for 5 days!"
Hound Deity shook his head and sighed: "Anna, I really feel like it's dangerous, I need to think about it a bit more before I decide whether or not to tell you"
His tail began to happily wag.
Splash splash splash — — -
The sound of water splashing could be heard.
Dead people appeared from the River of Death one after another.
They stared at Anna, then at the Devil King Warden Rod in her hand.
Anna put the rod down and crossed her arms: "Death, you are my best friend, you've always listened to my summons, take away those malicious souls for me and let them fall into eternal slumber in the River of Death"
A giant whirlpool suddenly appeared inside the River of Death.
Before the dead could stand up, they were sucked into the River of Death again and fell into the depths of the river.
At this point, the dead people of Huang Quan descended from above, hovering above the River of Death.
— — -they came from the 18 hells.
"What a beautiful little girl, but what gives you the right to wield that rod?" a dead person with a powerful presence tried asking.
Anna took out a bottle of liquor from the void of space, opened it, and began to gulp it down.
The dead silently looked at her, but seeing that she didn't respond, they became bolder.
"Heh heh, it's not like I can't let a beautiful girl become the Devil King of Huang Quan, but she better follow me and listen to me from now on" another dead person smirked.
Anna put down the half-empty bottle of liquor — — - Hound Deity immediately took the bottle away.
"Hm — - hmph?"
Anna glanced at the sky, then clapped her hands.
Boom!
The River of Death rose to the sky, enveloped all the dead people, and dragged them into the depths of the river.
…
Leng Qianchen stood in front of the Gate of Hell, silently sensing the situation outside.
"At this rate, I'm afraid we won't be able to obtain the Heavenly Book of Reincarnation in a short amount of time" he muttered.
"It'll just take a bit more time, I feel like the situation has already been decided" Buttercup commented.
The blind nun stared at the void of space and muttered: "No, the future is full of uncertainty, many hidden dangers are showing themselves one by one, what we need right now is more power to make the future clearer"
"Shhh — -" Fei Yue suddenly signaled for everyone to stay silent.
She raised her hand.
A black thread flew out from her hand and quickly wrapped around the void of space.
"Who is it!?" Leng Qianchen shouted.
"Everyone, it's me"
Gu Qing Shan's voice resounded in everyone's mind.
Fei Yue put the thread away and smiled: "Why did you come here without a sound?"
"Because as soon as I show up, I might attract a terrifying enemy, so I had to wait for everything to be prepared before I could show myself" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Prepare what?" Leng Qianchen asked.
"I'm currently practicing a spell, so I might need your help" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"You're actually cultivating at such a crucial time?" Buttercup was surprised.
"It can't be helped, I have to create it"
Gu Qing Shan replied.
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